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Re: My Stance
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lugnet.admin.general
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Fri, 20 Oct 2000 15:35:14 GMT
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Lorbaat wrote in message ...
> Matt,
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> You're going to take this as some kind of slam, or some kind of flame, but • it's
> not intended as one, really. Try to keep that in mind as you read it.
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> I've read pretty much every post resulting from your initial posts of a few
> days ago. I read Jude's post and I followed the link, and to be honest I
> thought "huh. Not much here. Oh well" and moved on. I read your post
> slamming it, and I though "Jesus, that was rude", and I moved on.
>
> And, as I said, I read pretty much every post since.
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> What you allude to above is a pretty common theme in your posts- that you • felt
> like an outsider, and you felt ridiculed, and you felt like people weren't
> taking you seriously. That people made you feel like "nothing". I have • two
> pieces of advice for you:
>
> First, if Todd had cropped up in RTL and said "I'm going to make this site,
> it'll be great, it'll be an online LEGO community and we can talk about • LEGO
> all day long" people probably would have told him "Hey, we have RTL, what • do we
> need that for?". He didn't do it that way (as far as I know, although he • can
> correct me if I'm wrong). He made the site, *then* told people about it. • As
> far as I know, the same goes for Brickshelf. Kevin made it, *then* told • people
> about it. People are always going to be skeptical of what the computer
> industry calls "vaporware"... something that you talk about, but doesn't • exist.
> It's just human nature. If you have a great idea for a website, build it, • and
> *then* expect kudos, not the other way around.
>
> Second, and more seriously... why do you care about what people you have • never
> even met think of you? I know it's never fun to feel like an outsider • (trust
> me, I *know* that) but when it comes down to it, we're just a bunch of • people
> you'll probably never meet "in real life". What we think of you, based on • the
> few things we see you post, shouldn't affect you so much that you get this • full
> of anger over it.
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> At this point, I don't really care if you stay here or leave, whether it's • of
> your own free will or if it's by Todd's decision, but I do hope that you • find a
> way to work through whatever it is that causes you so large an amount of • pain
> over something as relatively trivial as the whims of people on the • internet.
>
> Actually, scratch what I said above. You seem like a bright guy, and you
> definitely have a passion for the brick. If you can let go of some of that
> anger you're feeling, and realise that you don't need us to validate your • work,
> or your ideas, or what have you, then I hope you *do* stay, because you • could
> easily be a valuable member of the community.
>
> But start pulling any crap like you did the other day, and I'll be one of • the
> first ones calling for your (virtual) blood.
>
> eric
Wery well said(written), this is exactly what i was intending to say, but
cannot since I lack the words.
I'll just tag along with yours, is this is ok for you? *sheepish look*
/Joakim
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